The Brexit effect: 2016 – 2026
Speakers
Britain's decision to leave the European Union was perhaps the most divisive and consequential event of modern British politics. Anthony Seldon’s new book, The Brexit Effect, brings together an unprecedented roll call of Brexit insiders and commentators on both sides of the debate to analyse why the referendum happened, how Brexit became law and its impact on every corner of British life, concluding with a range of perspectives on how Britain might make the most of the opportunities now available to it.
Join Anthony Seldon, Steve Baker, Anand Menon, and Madeline Sumption for this special event to discuss some of the book’s key findings.
Meet our speakers and chair
Steve Baker has 30 years of leadership experience spanning military aerospace engineering, private sector software engineering, Parliament, and government. He is a Privy Councillor and a Fellow of the RSA. He was previously MP for Wycombe for 14 years, including serving as a minister in the Cabinet Office, the Northern Ireland Office and the Department for Exiting the EU. He ran several notable campaigns as a backbench MP.
Anand Menon (@anandMenon1) is Professor of European Politics and Foreign Affairs at King’s College London. He is the Director of UK In A Changing Europe, the think tank communicating social scientific research on Brexit and the Brexit process to non-academic audiences. He is an associate fellow of Chatham House and Senior Associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford. His books include Brexit and British Politics (2017); The European Union: Integration and Enlargement (2016); and European Politics (2007).
Anthony Seldon is the country's top political historian and acknowledged national authority on all matters to do with the Government and Number 10. He has written or edited many books, including the Sunday Times Bestseller, Johnson at 10: The Inside Story (2023), and The Impossible Office: The History of the British Prime Minister (2024). He has been the honorary historian at Number 10 Downing Street, chair of the National Archives Trust, and has interviewed virtually all senior figures who have worked in Number 10 in the last fifty years.
Madeleine Sumption is the Director of the Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, which provides impartial analysis of migration in the UK. She is Interim Chair of the Migration Advisory Committee, which advises the UK government on migration. She is also chair of the National Statistician’s advisory panel on migration statistics. In 2017, she received an MBE for services to social science.
Tony Travers is Professor in Practice in the LSE Department of Government, Associate Dean of the LSE School of Public Policy and Director of LSE London. His key research interests include local and regional government, elections and public service reform. He provides expert analysis for broadcast and print media, regularly appearing on major television and radio networks.
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